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Mr. JAMES LANE ALLEN'S
The Bride of the Mistletoe
To whichThe Doctor's Christmas Eveis a sequel, was described at the time of its publication as "so exquisite that not a few of his admirers will hold it the best work he has accomplished.""It stands out in the midst of the year's fiction, and perhaps the fiction of many years, as a thing by itself. There is the spirit of Maeterlinck in these pages blended with the spirit of Hawthorne."—Current Literature.The English press was enthusiastic, the LondonAcademydeclaring it "worth very many ordinary novels"; "conceived in a fine vision and developed with beauty"; "exercising over us a strong and at times a weird fascination."TheLiterary Worldsums up: "We may assure the author's innumerable readers and friends that in his latest book he has lost none of the charm that first won them.""Exquisite in form, full of color, finely finished."—Record-Herald, Chicago.
To whichThe Doctor's Christmas Eveis a sequel, was described at the time of its publication as "so exquisite that not a few of his admirers will hold it the best work he has accomplished."
"It stands out in the midst of the year's fiction, and perhaps the fiction of many years, as a thing by itself. There is the spirit of Maeterlinck in these pages blended with the spirit of Hawthorne."—Current Literature.
The English press was enthusiastic, the LondonAcademydeclaring it "worth very many ordinary novels"; "conceived in a fine vision and developed with beauty"; "exercising over us a strong and at times a weird fascination."
TheLiterary Worldsums up: "We may assure the author's innumerable readers and friends that in his latest book he has lost none of the charm that first won them."
"Exquisite in form, full of color, finely finished."—Record-Herald, Chicago.
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Mr. JAMES LANE ALLEN'SNovels
The Choir Invisible
This can also be had in a special editionillustrated by Orson Lowell$2.50
"One reads the story for the story's sake, and then re-reads the book out of pure delight in its beauty. The story is American to the very core.... Mr. Allen stands to-day in the front rank of American novelists.The Choir Invisiblewill solidify a reputation already established and bring into clear light his rare gifts as an artist. For this latest story is as genuine a work of art as has come from an American hand."—Hamilton W. MabieinThe Outlook.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50
"One reads the story for the story's sake, and then re-reads the book out of pure delight in its beauty. The story is American to the very core.... Mr. Allen stands to-day in the front rank of American novelists.The Choir Invisiblewill solidify a reputation already established and bring into clear light his rare gifts as an artist. For this latest story is as genuine a work of art as has come from an American hand."—Hamilton W. MabieinThe Outlook.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50
The Reign of LawA Tale of the Kentucky Hempfields
"Mr. Allen has a style as original and almost as perfectly finished as Hawthorne's, and he has also Hawthorne's fondness for spiritual suggestion that makes all his stories rich in the qualities that are lacking in so many novels of the period.... If read in the right way, it cannot fail to add to one's spiritual possessions."—San Francisco Chronicle.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50
"Mr. Allen has a style as original and almost as perfectly finished as Hawthorne's, and he has also Hawthorne's fondness for spiritual suggestion that makes all his stories rich in the qualities that are lacking in so many novels of the period.... If read in the right way, it cannot fail to add to one's spiritual possessions."—San Francisco Chronicle.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50
The Mettle of the Pasture
"It may be thatThe Mettle of the Pasturewill live and become a part of our literature; it certainly will live far beyond the allotted term of present-day fiction. Our principal concern is that it is a notable novel, that it ranks high in the range of American and English fiction, and that it is worth the reading, the re-reading, and the continuous appreciation of those who care for modern literature at its best."—E.F.E. in theBoston Transcript.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50
"It may be thatThe Mettle of the Pasturewill live and become a part of our literature; it certainly will live far beyond the allotted term of present-day fiction. Our principal concern is that it is a notable novel, that it ranks high in the range of American and English fiction, and that it is worth the reading, the re-reading, and the continuous appreciation of those who care for modern literature at its best."—E.F.E. in theBoston Transcript.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50
Summer in ArcadyA Tale of Nature
"This story by James Lane Allen is one of the gems of the season. It is artistic in its setting, realistic and true to nature and life in its descriptions, dramatic, pathetic, tragic, in its incidents; indeed, a veritable masterpiece that must become classic. It is difficult to give an outline of the story; it is one of the stories which do not outline; it must be read."—Boston Daily Advertiser.Cloth, $1.25
"This story by James Lane Allen is one of the gems of the season. It is artistic in its setting, realistic and true to nature and life in its descriptions, dramatic, pathetic, tragic, in its incidents; indeed, a veritable masterpiece that must become classic. It is difficult to give an outline of the story; it is one of the stories which do not outline; it must be read."—Boston Daily Advertiser.Cloth, $1.25
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Mr. JAMES LANE ALLEN'SSHORTER STORIES
The Blue Grass Region of Kentucky
"'The simple, rural key-note of life is still the sweetest,' he had written in the opening pages ofThe Blue Grass Region of Kentucky; and it is this note which, played on the pipes of Pan in ever-recurring and fresh variations, yields the sweetest music, and, touched with the breath of his passion for nature, is transmuted into those 'invisible flowers of sound' which lie pressed between his pages."—The Bookman.Cloth, 12mo, illustrated, $1.50
"'The simple, rural key-note of life is still the sweetest,' he had written in the opening pages ofThe Blue Grass Region of Kentucky; and it is this note which, played on the pipes of Pan in ever-recurring and fresh variations, yields the sweetest music, and, touched with the breath of his passion for nature, is transmuted into those 'invisible flowers of sound' which lie pressed between his pages."—The Bookman.Cloth, 12mo, illustrated, $1.50
Flute and Violinand other Kentucky Tales and Romances
"He takes us into a green and fragrant world in that Kentucky home of his which he has shared with us so genially and delightfully before now. No one has made more of a native region than he—more beauty and more attractiveness. He has done for the blue grass country what Miss Wilkins has done for New England, what Hamlin Garland has done for some parts of the West."—Boston Transcript.Cloth, 12mo, illustrated, $1.50
"He takes us into a green and fragrant world in that Kentucky home of his which he has shared with us so genially and delightfully before now. No one has made more of a native region than he—more beauty and more attractiveness. He has done for the blue grass country what Miss Wilkins has done for New England, what Hamlin Garland has done for some parts of the West."—Boston Transcript.Cloth, 12mo, illustrated, $1.50
A Kentucky Cardinal
"A narrative, told with naive simplicity in the first person, of how a man who was devoted to his fruits and flowers and birds came to fall in love with a fair neighbor who treated him at first with whimsical raillery and coquetry, and who finally put his love to the supreme test."—New York Tribune.Cloth, 12mo, illustrated, $1.00
"A narrative, told with naive simplicity in the first person, of how a man who was devoted to his fruits and flowers and birds came to fall in love with a fair neighbor who treated him at first with whimsical raillery and coquetry, and who finally put his love to the supreme test."—New York Tribune.Cloth, 12mo, illustrated, $1.00
AftermathA Sequel to "A Kentucky Cardinal"
"The perfect simplicity of all the episodes, the gentleness of spirit, and the old-time courtesy, the poetry of it all, with a gleam of humor on almost every page."—Life. Cloth,12mo, illustrated, $1.00
"The perfect simplicity of all the episodes, the gentleness of spirit, and the old-time courtesy, the poetry of it all, with a gleam of humor on almost every page."—Life. Cloth,12mo, illustrated, $1.00
A Kentucky Cardinal and AftermathIn one volume. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. $2.50
Two Gentlemen of KentuckyFifty cents
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Transcriber Notes:Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of the speakers. Those words were retained as-is.Errors in punctuation and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted.On page 114, "for the inhabitants" was replaced with "For the inhabitants".On page 241, "who's" was replaced with "whose".On page 256, the comma after "believe in me" was replaced with a period.
Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of the speakers. Those words were retained as-is.
Errors in punctuation and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted.
On page 114, "for the inhabitants" was replaced with "For the inhabitants".
On page 241, "who's" was replaced with "whose".
On page 256, the comma after "believe in me" was replaced with a period.